SMITH, Ian Robert
| Service Numbers: | 4100513/8223333, 4100513 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 March 1984 |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | North Adelaide, South Australia, 4 February 1967 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Prince Alfred College, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Peacekeeping Service
| 7 Mar 1984: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Major, 4100513/8223333 | |
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| 1 Oct 1995: | Involvement 4100513 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ian R SMITH
I was deployed to the former Yugoslavia in Oct 95 as part of the British Operation Grapple 7 (United Nations Protection Force, UNPROFOR), but on 20 December the BRITFOR in-being (HQ 4th Armd Bde commanding various units) transitioned over to the British Operation Resolute as part of NATO Operation Joint Endeavour. On that day we all stopped being United Nations troops and became NATO troops as part of the Implementation Force (IFOR), implementing the Dayton peace agreement. Throughout that time I worked exclusively in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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This interview was recorded as part of a combined oral history project conducted by Veterans SA, the Returned & Services League of Australia, the Vietnam Veterans’ Association, the Vietnam Veterans’ Federation, and the University of South Australia (UniSA). The project’s executive director was Lieutenant Colonel Bill Denny AM BM; the interviewer was Dr Nigel Starck (UniSA honorary senior research fellow). The narrative contains personal recollections and is not presented as an official statement of service.
Duration 11hr 56min 16sec. Recorded by Nigel Starck on 10 Sep 2021
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